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scamps1966

HappyChappy84 wrote: »

Probably, part of me thinks all the butter in the cake is going to melt and drip out and leave the cake rather dry.

It's already short of half of it's boozy fruit.:o:o

Well at least you've got 5 more to practice with:D
I just wish I'd managed to get some:(

3Dogs

HappyChappy84 wrote: »

Are you on Facebook? if so get yourself added.. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003258787635 and have a chuckle. As after all, "Laughter is the best medicine.":beer:

or "[STRIKE]Laughter[/STRIKE] Tesco Discussion Chats & Grabbits Elite11+ is the best medicine" with a side order of FB of course

HappyChappy84

3Dogs wrote: »

No wonder you didn't know what 'generously' meant Happy, you are looking in the wrong dictionary ...... it's the ENGLISH edition you want

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

HappyChappy84

scamps1966 wrote: »

Well at least you've got 5 more to practice with:D
I just wish I'd managed to get some:(

If you were closer you could have had a couple.


On another note, Facebook is letting me post again.:beer::beer:

HappyChappy84

3Dogs wrote: »

or "[STRIKE]Laughter[/STRIKE] Tesco Discussion Chats & Grabbits Elite11+ is the best medicine" with a side order of FB of course

Both?:beer::beer:

Dopey_Sleepy_Grumpy

HappyChappy84 wrote: »

:o

Which one did you think was my sis? the one just in front of me with the blonde hair? that my support worker from the Autistic Society. I doubt sis would go to !!!!!! pride, I didn't want to go, I was dragged along kicking and screaming.:rotfl:

Ah, thought that that was your sister. Why would your sister not go? Did you enjoy it though?

I've for quite a few companies where I have met gay people. One company I worked for there were more gay people than straight. I did not realise for quite a while and though that the reference of 'partners' was just the normal lingo for that particular company.

My SIL has her own performance arts company and she knows/ employes a lot of gay people.

The last company I worked for (before having kids) was owned by a man who was gay. He was in a long term relationship and had an adopted child (little boy).

The real eye opener with regard to gay relationships came to me when I worked for a marketing agency in Soho (Central London). The company on the floor above me (graphic design agency) was owned by a gay guy. He was seriously gorgeous but in a long term relationship with another guy. He bought a huge floral arrangement for his partner one time and I realised that his relationship was no different from my own with my OH. It just seems strange to me that one fella would give flowers to another fella. I was on a learning curve and now understand that there is no reason why he should not act differently in his relationship than me and my OH.

HappyChappy84

This one will be ok for here.



The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the1500s:



Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.



Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water..

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying .. It's raining cats and dogs.


There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.



The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance way. Hence the saying a thresh hold. (Getting quite an education, aren't you?)



In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..



Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..



Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.



Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.



Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.



England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. ! When re opening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, thread it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.



And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

HappyChappy84

Dopey_Sleepy_Grumpy wrote: »

Ah, thought that that was your sister. Why would your sister not go? Did you enjoy it though?

I've for quite a few companies where I have met gay people. One company I worked for there were more gay people than straight. I did not realise for quite a while and though that the reference of 'partners' was just the normal lingo for that particular company.

My SIL has her own performance arts company and she knows/ employes a lot of gay people.

The last company I worked for (before having kids) was owned by a man who was gay. He was in a long term relationship and had an adopted child (little boy).

The real eye opener with regard to gay relationships came to me when I worked for a marketing agency in Soho (Central London). The company on the floor above me (graphic design agency) was owned by a gay guy. He was seriously gorgeous but in a long term relationship with another guy. He bought a huge floral arrangement for his partner one time and I realised that his relationship was no different from my own with my OH. It just seems strange to me that one fella would give flowers to another fella. I was on a learning curve and now understand that there is no reason why he should not act differently in his relationship than me and my OH.

No I didn't enjoy it, I'd rather have poked red hot pokers in to my eyes. Just because I'm gay it doesn't mean I have to like other gay people.

I've been used, abused, let down, cheated on, etc etc etc more times than I care to remember and I decided years ago that I wanted no part of the 'scene', the people on it or the !!!!!yness that goes with it. Nor do I want a man in my life. I couldn't cope with them and they couldn't cope with me. Apart from that, I got fed up of cleaning the fake tan off the bed clothes with the last one.:eek:

Dopey_Sleepy_Grumpy

HappyChappy84 wrote: »

On another note, Facebook is letting me post again.:beer::beer:

Tis also a good place for the dodgy bits, not appreciated by a family forum like MSE :rotfl:

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